Why Cameron Bertuzzi MUST take atheism seriously

Here I respond to a recent video by  @CapturingChristianity . I explain why you should probably still take atheism seriously, and I also explore problems for limited god hypotheses.Like the show? Help it grow! Consider becoming a patron (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/majestyofreasonIf you wanna make a one-time donation or tip (thanks!): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/josephcschmidOUTLINE0:00 Intro0:27 Cameron’s video11:53 Four main responses12:37 Response #1: Arguments for global atheism16:12 Response #2: Problems for a limited god16:56 Imprecision17:47 Arbitrariness20:00 Probabilistic tension23:13 Evidential dilemma38:29 Deontological problem of evil39:34 Ad hoc, likelihood ratio rigging, and unfalsifiability42:02 Response #3: Atheistic arguments disconfirm theism49:43 The Joy of Bayesianism59:21 Twitter interaction1:04:48 Response #4: The same problem applies to theism1:11:09 Parody1:17:05 TakeawaysRESOURCES(1) The video to which I’m responding: https://youtu.be/oj6eCF63DAw?si=1UaTNK28TIV5JBRg(2) Oppy, “The Best Argument Against God”: https://www.amazon.com/Best-Argument-against-Palgrave-Pivot/dp/1137354135(3) Oppy and Pearce, “Is There A God?”: https://www.amazon.com/There-Little-Debates-about-Questions/dp/0367243946(4) Schmid, “Naturalism, Classical Theism, and First Causes”: https://philarchive.org/rec/SCHNCT-4(5) Felipe Leon’s post collecting over 200 arguments for atheism: https://exapologist.blogspot.com/2023/03/200-or-so-arguments-for-atheism.html(6) Draper’s SEP entry “Atheism and Agnosticism”: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/atheism-agnosticism/(7) My response to Cameron’s video on 150+ arguments for God: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP0Mh42jvV4(8) Aikin, “The Problem of Worship”: https://www.academia.edu/7062247/The_Problem_of_Worship(9) John Buck clip is from  @EmersonGreen 's here: https://www.youtube.com/live/mlMBzYTGuW4?si=IaPzPihfOuhOZ9qN(10) My response to  @TheCounselofTrent  on the problem of evil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tctHQlYbl6E(11) My Bayes’ Theorem video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1MdtyLL3Uw&pp=ygUfbWFqZXN0eSBvZiByZWFzb24gYmF5ZXMgdGhlb3JlbQ%3D%3D(12) Steinhart, “Six Axiarchic Arguments”: https://ericsteinhart.com/articles/axiarchicargs.pdf(13) Nagel, “Mind and Cosmos”: https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Cosmos-Materialist-Neo-Darwinian-Conception/dp/0199919755(14) My Kalam playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZzH2YffI32ViTZ73Tu8jSR(15) My Contingency Arguments playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZkl5I5QDUXW5CauOfO_bs1(16) My Design Arguments playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkax5OrwZmkqE1fY446O4i6g(17) My Ontological Arguments playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkZ7oLLpd6Joxl2VS1gOce6t(18) My co-authored SEP entry “Ontological Arguments”: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ontological-arguments/(19) My Springer book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-19313-2(20) My website: https://josephschmid.com